While I don't share much of your evaluation of this debate, I agree with you that he did come to Harper's defense (Conservatives=barbarians?)
It just pissed me off that he intervened at all. I can quite truthfully say that I would have been equally as pissed off had he intervened on anyone else's behalf. No matter how awful the candidates are with each other (and I agree that some of the attacks were pretty egregious), it is not his place to intervene with an opinion. Interrupt to give a chance at rebuttal, yes, but not to rebut himself.
I can understand not talking to the camera because of the lack of visual feedback, but come on! Harper isn't a novice, and everyone else managed to look at the camera. He wasn't preaching to the moderator, he was trying to talk to his country, and as such the not talking to the camera resulted in fail.
Oh, God. I would *love* to sit and have a chat over coffee with Layton. He's a riot.
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Date: 2008-10-03 03:43 pm (UTC)It just pissed me off that he intervened at all. I can quite truthfully say that I would have been equally as pissed off had he intervened on anyone else's behalf. No matter how awful the candidates are with each other (and I agree that some of the attacks were pretty egregious), it is not his place to intervene with an opinion. Interrupt to give a chance at rebuttal, yes, but not to rebut himself.
I can understand not talking to the camera because of the lack of visual feedback, but come on! Harper isn't a novice, and everyone else managed to look at the camera. He wasn't preaching to the moderator, he was trying to talk to his country, and as such the not talking to the camera resulted in fail.
Oh, God. I would *love* to sit and have a chat over coffee with Layton. He's a riot.